• cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    Also, the reason why Greenland is so important for the USA. The shortest distance between Russia and USA goes through it

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      19 days ago

      Looks like that route would go through Canada as well, but you could avoid all that by taking a canoe from Alaska.

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        19 days ago

        I remember when Sarah Palin could see Russia from her backyard. Such innocent times. 😒

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        19 days ago

        If you changed the destination to NY instead of San Francisco, it’s more or less a straight line. Thenothe way around is through Alaska.

        Also why bothe the regions have had massive defence value for the USA and have historical had a lot of military bases there